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Activity 1: Pebble Pictures (back to top)

Age: Kindergartners through eighth graders
Activity: Clean any dirt off pebbles that the children have found on their nature walk while the pebbles are drying, children can paint a background for their pebble picture( fish tank, park, tree or any scene they desire) paint the pebbles to look like people, fish, butterflies,birds or anything they desire when background and pebbles are dry, glue to the background chosen they can also use fabric or paper to make more three dimensional art parts
Materials: Pebbles of various sizes; markers or tempera paint; cardboard or wood for background; white glue; paintbrushes
Preparations/Safety Precautions: clean area for drying the pebbles and to leave the painted backgrounds tell the students to collect the pebbles on their walk
Standards: SSS science: SC.A. 2.1.1; SSS science SC.D. 1.1.1; SSS science SC.F.1.1.2; SSS arts VA.A. 1.1.1; SSS arts VA.C.1.1.2; SSS arts VA.D. 1.1.2

Activity 2: Have It Your Way Sandwich Collage (back to top)

Age: Kindergarten though second grade
Activity: Give the children long rectangular strips of paper on which to build their sandwiches. Have precut brown construction paper in bun shapes for them to glue at either end of the paper strips each child chooses from scraps of fabric, ribbon, burlap, crepe paper, yarn, macaroni, paper scraps and stickers to be the filling of the sandwich children enjoy discussing what the parts of their sandwich are and how it would taste.
Materials: Construction paper; scraps of materials; Yarn macaroni stickers; paper scraps; glue
Preparations/Safety Precautions: None except the have an area for them to work and to keep the scraps on trays and available to groups of three at a time
Standards: SSS language arts LA.D.2.1.3; SSS language artsLA.C.3.1.3; SSS language arts LA.D.2.1.3; SSS arts VA.A.1.1.2; SSS arts VA.A.1.1.4; SSS arts VA.B.1.1.2; SSS arts VA.B.1.1.3

Activity 3: Fabric Collage (back to top)

Age: Kindergarten through eighth grader
Activity: Decide what kind of image you desire to create keep it simple and maybe have children draw a sketch on paper beforehand to aid in this part when you have decided on image, start with a simple outline on the masonite or cardboard or just allow the children to start putting fabric pieces down on the board. Once design has been laid out and all fabric pieces have been cut to shape, glue all pieces down firmly you can use rope or jute as accent pieces or to draw attention to certain places in scene once it is glued together, let dry overnight and glue a hanger on back
Materials: Piece of masonite or cardboard about 12x 12; burlap scraps of various colors; canvas scraps; fabric scraps; glue; scissors; yarn; rope or jute; cording
Preparations/Safety Precautions: Clean area for art work to be made place for the artwork to dry. Have Safety scissors or supervise younger children if they are trying to cut rope or yarn with scissors.
Standards: SSS arts VA.A.1.1.1; SSS arts VA.A 1.1.3; SSS arts VA.B.1.1.2; SSS arts VA.B.1.1.4; SSS arts VA.A.1.1.2; SSS arts VA.A.1.1.4; SSS language LA.D.2.1.3

Activity 4: Button Mosaic (back to top)

Age: All Ages
Activity: Draw a simple design on cardboard have children keep it basic and simple paint glue in small portion of design. Use glue sparingly place button of different colors in glue area repeat this process until whole design is done the results will be different for each child even if their beginning design looked similar
Materials: Glue; paintbrushes; cardboard of sturdy weight; buttons all kinds and sizes; pencils
Preparations/Safety Precautions: Watch that children are not putting buttons in mouth and be careful of choking potential
Standards: SSS arts VA.A.1.1.1; SSS arts VA.A 1.1.3; SSS arts VA.B.1.1.2; SSS arts VA.B.1.1.4; SSS language LA.D.2.1.3

Activity 5: Aztec Tiles (back to top)

Age: Upper Elementary
Activity: Day before and while noodles are drying children could draw the picture of design on their cardboard: have pictures available to remind them of the types of designs in other artwork keep it just the outline since the tiles of noodles will be the color have the students arrange the tiles( noodles) on their cardboard rearranging until they are happy with the design then they can glue down the final results.
If you want to try setting tiles in plaster of paris or modeling clay in a box lid you can. Let dry over night in safe place.
Materials: Noodles of all shapes and sizes; cardboard; pencils; plaster of Paris or modeling clay; rubbing alcohol; ; glue; food coloring
Preparations/Safety Precautions: For days before this art project the children will have been looking at various designs of mosaics and tile designs of mayans, aztecs and incas if using lasagna noodles; break them up into squares pour different food coloring and noodles in bowls cover noodles and food coloring with rubbing alcohol let then set in in dye for ten minutes as you stir them let them dry over night on paper towels. Supervise if using plaster of Paris and do not pour plaster of Paris down drain , let dry and throw out next day
Standards: SSS arts VA.A.1.1.2; SSS arts VA.A.1.1.4; SSS arts VA.B.1.1.2; SSS arts VA.B.1.1.3; SSS language LA.D.2.1.3; SSS history SS.A.1.1.1; SSS history SS.A.1.1.2

Activity 6: Swimming Turtles (back to top)

Age: Kindergarten through second grade
Activity: Spread glue along on long edge of the paper; put paper in box lid and sprinkle sand over glue; shake off excess sand; glue green strips of tissue paper to paper as seaweed; glue green squares to outside of small bowl for turtle shell; cut out head, tail and flippers for turtle from green construction paper; glue head, flippers and tail on turtle; glue finished turtle to picture; add details to your sea picture as desired
Materials: 12 x 18 sheet of light blue construction paper; glue; large box lid; sand; various shades of green tissue paper cut in 2 inch strips and small squares; scissors; small paper bowl; green construction paper; markers
Preparations/Safety Precautions: Clear area for sand art; put plastic down under table with sand to aid in cleaning up spilled sand
Standards: SSS arts VA.A.1.1.2; SSS arts VA.A.1.1.4; SSS language LA.D.2.1.3; SSS science SC.F.1.1.4; SSS science SC.F.1.1.5

Activity 7: Nature Art Frames (back to top)

Age: Various ages
Activity: Brush a thick layer of tacky craft glue over frame made from cardboard; lay nature items over glue and let dry over night; put photo of yourself in the frame; tape a piece of cardboard over the back to hold the picture in place; give as a present to someone special
Materials: Twigs; bark; small pine cones; pebbles; acorns; potpourri; cardboard one cut out like frame to fit small photo and one left whole; tacky craft glue; small paintbrushes
Preparations/Safety Precautions: None
Standards: SSS arts VA.A.1.1.2; SSS arts VA.A.1.1.4; SSS arts VA.B.1.1.2; SSS arts VA.B.1.1.3; SSS language LA.D.2.1.3

Activity 8: Thank You for the Food We Eat(back to top)

Age: Preschoolers, Kindergartners
Activity: Fill each cup with different bean, rice or seed; each child writes his/her name in glue on paper plate; they use spoons to sprinkle on food items over the letters of their name; when it is dry, the child can gently shake off excess seeds
Materials: Muffins tins or clear cups; variety of seeds , rice and beans; spoons; glue; paper plates
Preparations/Safety Precautions: Clean out any excess items from seeds; ensure that children are eating the seeds or putting beans in any openings in their face
Standards: SSS arts VA.A.1.1.2; SSS arts VA.A.1.1.4; SSS arts VA.B.1.1.2; SSS arts VA.B.1.1.3; SSS language LA.D.2.1.3; SSS science SC.G.2.1.1

Activity 9: K Kaleidoscope (back to top)

Age: Preschool and kindergartners
Activity: After students have spent time with kaleidoscopes in discovery center, put this project in the writing center. Give the students a paper with a capital and lowercase block letter k written on it have a large supply of half inch squares of paper in various colors in a bowl have squares of aluminum foil and gift wrap cut into squares in another bowl have a kaleidoscope at center for visual inspiration and tell the students to put glue inside the outlines of the two k and to cover the glue with the colored paper to make a kaleidoscope of their own
Materials: Kaleidoscope; papers with block letter k's [capital and lowercase); small half inch pieces of colored paper; foil and wrapping paper; glue
Preparations/Safety Precautions: Write out the block letter K's and run off enough copies for the class
Standards: SSS arts VA.A.1.1.2; SSS arts VA.A.1.1.4; SSS arts VA.B.1.1.2; SSS arts VA.B.1.1.3; SSS language LA.D.2.1.3

Activity 10: Pumpkin quilt (back to top)

Age: Preschool through first grade
Activity: Each child gets an eight inch size of tag board and a handful of pumpkin seeds; the child is to arrange his seeds on his tag board any way he desires. He can play around until the design he likes is decided on. Now he glues it in place and lets dry on a table; meanwhile you glue pumpkins to the bulletin paper in an alternating pattern and leave on a table next to their designs; the students decide where their design fits on the quilt paper and after all of the students papers are glued on, hang the dried project up for all to see
Materials: Pumpkin seeds: pumpkin shapes cut out of orange paper; tag board; glue; bulletin board paper
Preparations/Safety Precautions: Precut out pumpkins for quilt; wash and dry the seeds from other projects
Standards: SSS arts VA.A.1.1.2; SSS arts VA.A.1.1.4; SSS arts VA.B.1.1.2; SSS arts VA.B.1.1.3; SSS language LA.D.2.1.3

Activity 11: Shamrock Collage (back to top)

Age: Kindergarten through fourth grade
Activity: Each child gets a white piece of construction paper; he picks scraps to dip in the glue water mixture and put on paper. The scraps should be overlapping and cover no more then 2/3 of the paper when glue is dry, use black marker to draw a shamrock outline on fabric and cut out shamrock have children glue their shamrocks on the green paper
Materials: Fabric pieces cut into small pieces; glue/ water mixture; white construction paper; black marker
green construction paper
Preparations/Safety Precautions: Precut the fabric with pinking shears into small squares; mix the glue mixture ahead of time for children; Teacher should be the only one using sharp scissors in younger grades, but older students could cut out fabric shamrock under adult supervision
Standards: SSS arts VA.A.1.1.2; SSS arts VA.A.1.1.4; SSS arts VA.B.1.1.2; SSS arts VA.B.1.1.3; SSS language LA.D.2.1.3 ; SSS soc stud SS.A.3.1.2

Activity 12: Leaf Feathered Owl (back to top)

Age: Kindergarten through fourth graders
Activity: Gather students ahead of time on rug and looking at pictures of owls and discuss : beak size and shape; what kind of ears do we see; look at body size and shape; how do their feathers look and any other observations they make now put the supplies at art station and three by three the students go to the center each child takes an owl outline and glues the button eyes on where they belong child picks a leaf that they feels looks like a beak and glues it on their owl the children now are ready to glue their feathers on the owl, remind them about overlapping the leaves and see what patterns they come up with on their owl. Students can share leaves and the teacher will have to re supply the table as students finish their projects
Materials: Pictures of owls; owl pattern on white card stock; assorted leaves; glue stick; two buttons per owl
Preparations/Safety Precautions: Children will need to each have collected at least 60 leaves days ahead and they will need to be dried flat under books overnight to flatten out and make easier for handling. Students should have seen pictures of owls and be familiar with them from stories. Teacher should put out leaves in shifts so that the last children still have choices left and have extra leaves that you have collected to supplement their choices
Standards: SSS arts VA.A.1.1.2; SSS arts VA.A.1.1.4; SSS language LA.D.2.1.3; SSS science SC.F.1.1.4; SSS science SC.F.1.1.5

*variation on this same activity is the leafy tree collage; instead of a owl, students are told to tear up leaves and make a autumn tree on their paper, once they are done gluing leaves on the paper, they have to tear a brown piece of paper and make the trunk for their autumn tree.

Activity 13: Scent-a-sational Painting (back to top)

Age: Preschool through second grade
Activity: Have each child paint red hearts or flowers on their paper; before paint dries have them sprinkle strawberry gelatin on their heart or flower; shake off excess gelatin; now students can add stems and other details; sprinkle color matching gelatin if available and shake off excess between color changes; now we have a sweet smelling picture
Materials: Sugar free gelatin of various colors; white construction paper; paints ( red, green, yellow, blue); paintbrushes for each color; smocks
Preparations/Safety Precautions: None
Standards: SSS arts VA.A.1.1.2; SSS arts VA.A.1.1.4; SSS arts VA.B.1.1.2; SSS arts VA.B.1.1.3; SSS language LA.D.2.1.3

Activity 14: Scrap Letters (back to top)

Age: Preschool and kindergartners
Activity: Place bowls of scraps of paper and material of various shapes and sizes;construction paper and glue at art table. Give each child a choice of a letter of the alphabet they are studying to work with tell the children they are responsible to fill in the outline of their letter with scraps of their choice children draw letter with glue on their paper and glue scraps that fits their shape to the paper. After the glue is dry, students show off their letters to the class and they will be added to the alphabet wall in alphabetical order and so throughout the year new letters will be added and soon they have to move them letters and make space for the new letters and review old letters from earlier in the year.
Materials: Scraps of material and paper of various sizes and shapes; construction paper of various colors; glue
Preparations/Safety Precautions: None
Standards: SSS arts VA.A.1.1.2; SSS arts VA.A.1.1.4; SSS language LA.D.2.1.3

Activity 15: Food Collages (back to top)

Age: Kindergartners through fifth grade
Activity: This activity can be done over various days or at various art centers on the same day; Each center requires construction paper and white glue; Rice center; provide variety of types of rice in small bowls with spoons. Children will make a picture with the glue and sprinkle rice over glue to make a collage of rice. Bean collage: have various size and color beans in a bowl. Students glue beans on the paper in a pattern that appeals to them. Seed collage: use seeds that students have collected from fruit snacks last week that have been dried out and are ready for the art center; have the children glue seeds on paper in a self designed design. Oatmeal collage: put oatmeal in a bowl or if you desire color divide into smaller bowls and put dry tempera paint in with each part of the oatmeal and mix; squirt glue on paper in any design they desire and sprinkle oatmeal over glue to make a picture. Colored salt collage: mix tempera paint and salt and put in parmesan cheese shaker; child makes glue design on paper and shakes salt over glue to make a picture.
If you so desire you could have two or more stations and the children could go from one station to the next and mix these collage mediums together as they wished and show off their designed the next day at sharing time.
Materials: Construction paper; white glue; rice; bowls; dried beans; seeds from fruits from snacks; oatmeal; dry tempera paint of various colors; salt
Preparations/Safety Precautions: Have trays for the art work to sit on if you are going to be moving from table to table with art work; have plastic sheets down or do outside to the mess of the various items
Standards: SSS arts VA.A.1.1.2; SSS arts VA.A.1.1.4; SSS language LA.D.2.1.3; SSS science SC.H.1.1.1

Activity 16: See-through fish (back to top)

Age: Primary Grades
Activity: During a unit on oceans the teacher will talk about the colors of the ocean and why the bottom is darker. Students will then draw pictures of fish, jellyfish, or other sea life with Elmer's glue. The pictures need to filled-in with the glue, not just outlined. *Note: it may be easier to draw the picture first with a pencil and then fill it in with glue. The glue pictures need to dry overnight. They need to dry thoroughly -- there should be no white sections. After the glue has dried, students should wash the picture using blue watercolor. They should try to make the bottom of the page darker than the top to represent the depth of the ocean.
Materials: Construction Paper, watercolors (blue), Elmer's glue, newspapers, paintbrush
Preparations/Safety Precautions: None
Standards: Students will construct a picture of fish or other sea life using Elmer's glue. Students will use a watercolor to represent the ocean. Sunshine state standard -Science (Science) 1.1- the student understands the competitive, interdependent, cyclic nature of living things in the environment. SSS- Scienece1.2The student understands the consequences of using limited natural resources.
Sunshine state standard-Visual Art (Skills and Techniques) 1.1- the student understands and applies media, techniques, and processes. SSS-Visual Art (Creation and Communication) 1.2- The student creates and communicates a range of subject matter, symbols, and ideas using knowledge of structures and functions of visual arts.

Activity 17: Rhyming Collage (back to top)

Age: Primary Grades
Activity: The teacher will introduce the concept of rhyming words. She should write the words on the board so students can see the parts of the words that are the same. Students should then be instructed to look through the magazines and find pictures of words that rhyme (red and bed). After they have found pictures, the students should glue the pictures onto construction paper. Students then write the rhyming sound near the pictures (e.g. 'ed' near the photo of something red and the bed). * Note: Students may have difficulty looking through the magazines and finding pictures. To make the project go more easily the teacher may want to cut pictures before hand, thus guaranteeing there will rhyme concepts available.
Materials: Construction Paper, Markers, Magazines, Elmer's glue or glue sticks
Preparations/Safety Precautions: None
Standards: Students will find pictures in a magazine that represent words that rhyme. Students will construct a collage from the pictures. Sunshine state standard-Visual Art (Skills and Techniques) 1.1- the student understands and applies media, techniques, and processes. SSS-Visual Art (Creation and Communication) 1.2- The student creates and communicates a range of subject matter, symbols, and ideas using knowledge of structures and functions of visual arts. Sunshine state standard-Language Arts (Writing) 1.1- the student uses writing processes effectively. SSS Language Arts (Writing) 1.2-The student writes to communicate ideas and information effectively

Activity 18: Thanksgiving (back to top)

Age: Pre-k through Grade 5
Activity: Thanksgiving Dinner
1. Have the children cut out the foods that they would like to eat on Thanksgiving from grocery store ads or food magazines.
2. Have the children paste their foods on a paper plate and write "Thanksgiving Dinner" at the top of the plate.
3. I am Thankful for: Using the same magazines and ads, have the children cut out pictures of what they are thankful for and paste them on a piece of paper with the words "I am thankful for..." at the top.
Materials: Grocery store ads or food magazines, glue, paper plate.
Preparations/Safety Precautions: None
Standards: Sunshine state standard-Language Arts (Writing) 1.1- the student uses writing processes effectively. SSS Language Arts (Writing) 1.2-The student writes to communicate ideas and information effectively Sunshine state standard-Visual Art (Skills and Techniques) 1.1- the student understands and applies media, techniques, and processes. SSS-Visual Art (Creation and Communication) 1.2- The student creates and communicates a range of subject matter, symbols, and ideas using knowledge of structures and functions of visual arts.

Activity 19: My House (back to top)

Age: K-1
Activity: Have a large sheet of white construction paper for each student. Have students think of what the inside of their house looks like. How many bedrooms, bathrooms etc. Have plenty of magazines for the students to look through. Have each student draw the frame of his or her house on the white construction paper. Then have them look through magazines for pictures of beds, nightstands, toilets, and all the items to put in their houses. Have them cut them out and glue them in their houses. They could even glue in the color of their carpet and curtains. The students could then share their pictures with the class and discuss their favorite place in there home and why.
Materials: Large sheet of white construction paper, home magazines such as JCPenneys and Sears catalogs would be very useful for their pictures, scissors, and glue.
Preparations/Safety Precautions: None
Standards: Sunshine state standard-Visual Art (Skills and Techniques) 1.1- the student understands and applies media, techniques, and processes. SSS-Visual Art (Creation and Communication) 1.2- The student creates and communicates a range of subject matter, symbols, and ideas using knowledge of structures and functions of visual arts.

Activity 20: Are you asleep? Torn Paper Activity of Sleeping (back to top)

Age: Grades 1 - 2
Activity: Begin by asking the children if they have ever seen themselves asleep before. If they say no, follow up by asking them why. If they say yes, ask them what they look like. Next, ask them what helps them fall asleep at night. Take several responses. Tell them that they are going to have the chance to show you what they look like when they are sleeping and to also show me what helps them fall asleep at night. Explain the project by quickly showing them how to tear the paper to make representations of themselves and their room. Showing them only a few pieces of paper to represent a non-finished project is best in order to prevent the children creating a duplicate of your project. Before beginning, have one of the children stand up and talk to the children about body proportions. Ask such questions as: "How large is her head? How wide is her head compared to her shoulders? Do her arms stretch down to her feet? How far down do her arms stretch? Many more questions could be asked if the children are having trouble understanding your point. After the children have created their pictures, work with them in completing a complete sentence that describes what helps them fall asleep at night. Ask children to tell you their answer in a complete sentence such as "My computer helps me fall asleep at night," instead of "My computer.
Materials: Various colors of construction paper, Glue, Sentence strips, 12 x 18 sheets of black construction paper, Pencils
Preparations/Safety Precautions: None
Standards: The students will construct a picture out of torn construction paper and given a blank sentence strip will write a sentence stating what helps them fall asleep at night and will finish the activity before the morning’s end. Sunshine state standard-Visual Art (Skills and Techniques) 1.1- the student understands and applies media, techniques, and processes. SSS-Visual Art (Creation and Communication) 1.2- The student creates and communicates a range of subject matter, symbols, and ideas using knowledge of structures and functions of visual arts.

Activity 21: Puzzles Pieces Wreath (back to top)

Age: K-3
Activity: Take all kinds of different size puzzle pieces that you do not have all the pieces to the puzzle. Gather them up and cut out a big circle or heart out of cardboard. Start with the biggest pieces and glue them all around the cardboard until no cardboard is showing. Then keep gluing on pieces of puzzles biggest to smallest. You can put as many layers as you like. After the puzzle wreath is done cut out small pictures of the kids in your class and put them all around the wreath. In the middle you can hang from a string the name of the class or school.
Materials: Different size puzzle pieces, cardboard
Preparations/Safety Precautions: None
Standards: Sunshine state standard-Visual Art (Skills and Techniques) 1.1- the student understands and applies media, techniques, and processes. SSS-Visual Art (Creation and Communication) 1.2- The student creates and communicates a range of subject matter, symbols, and ideas using knowledge of structures and functions of visual arts.

Activity 22: Yarn Name (back to top)

Age: PreK-1
Activity: Have students or a teacher print students' names on different colors of construction paper in large print. Have students cut pieces of yarn and glue them onto their name. This will help students get familiar with the shape of the letters and particularly the letters that spell their name. After they are done they can trace their name with their finger over the letters.
Materials: Different colors of construction paper yarn and glue.
Preparations/Safety Precautions: None
Standards: Sunshine state standard-Language Arts (Writing) 1.1- the student uses writing processes effectively. SSS Language Arts (Writing) 1.2-The student writes to communicate ideas and information effectively Sunshine state standard-Visual Art (Skills and Techniques) 1.1- the student understands and applies media, techniques, and processes. SSS-Visual Art (Creation and Communication) 1.2- The student creates and communicates a range of subject matter, symbols, and ideas using knowledge of structures and functions of visual arts.

Activity 23: Make your Own Sand and Picture (back to top)

Age: Grades 1 - 4
Activity: Each child should get a baggie and pour about 1 cup of salt into the bag. Then the child can pick what color they want their sand to be. Then the child put 2-3 drops of food coloring in the baggie. Seal the baggie tight and then let the child shake the baggie until the color is dispersed throughout the sand. After everyone has had a chance to make their color they can make a picture with everyone's different colors of sand. All the colors will be a little different because of the amount of shaking and the amount of food coloring in the bag. You could also put more drops in some people Baggies so the class can look at dark colors versus light colors. Such as light red and dark red. After everyone hade made their pictures then let dry and hang up to display.
Materials: Ziploc Baggies, glue stick clear, food coloring, cardboard flat box, brown or white paper (construction paper or heavier), sand (White).
Preparations/Safety Precautions: Talk about the fact that when the children put the food coloring in with the sand the sand is going to change color because the sand is going to absorb the food coloring. Explain to the children that the more they shake it in the bag the more the color will disperse throughout the sand. Talk about the fact that if you add 3-4 drops the color is not going to be as bright as it would if they put 5-6 drops of food coloring in it. Also, the teacher could discuss the fact that if you mix red and blue drops of food coloring you will get purple sand. Also red and blue make green. Sand art can be used to make different pictures and decorations as well as the fact that the sand makes the picture 3-d.
Standards: Sunshine state standard-Visual Art (Skills and Techniques) 1.1- the student understands and applies media, techniques, and processes. SSS-Visual Art (Creation and Communication) 1.2- The student creates and communicates a range of subject matter, symbols, and ideas using knowledge of structures and functions of visual arts.

Activity 24: Paper Mosaic Animals (back to top)

Age: Grades 1-2
Activity: Use one 12 x 18" black sheet to draw one large animal (rabbits, elephants, turtles, pigs, etc.) that nearly fills the paper. Choose several 3 x 6" colors for your animal's body parts. Take one 3 x 6" color and cut it into 1/2" wide strips. Next, cut a 1/2" strip into smaller squares, approximately 1/2" in size. Now you have a small pile of tiny squares that are about 1/2" x 1/2". Use these small squares to fill in a part of the animal's body. (Spread a small amount of glue where you want the squares to go. Place the squares carefully on the glue, close together.) When one part of the body is filled, choose another part of the body to fill. (If you have squares left, use those squares to fill another part of the body that you want to be that same color.) When you're ready, choose another 3 x 6" color and cut it into the 1/2" x 1/2" squares. Use these to fill the next part of the body that you chose. Repeat this process until all parts of the animal's body are filled.
Materials: Colored construction papers-3 x 6" in size, in various colors, 12 x 18" black construction paper, glue, scissors, pencils, erasers, Xeroxed sheets of animals, scraps for practice drawings
Preparations/Safety Precautions: Gather together examples of mosaic art: 2D pictures and 3D objects by old masters and contemporary artists. Show the students the examples and then demonstrate the technique on paper. Give them the animal sheets and let them practice drawing animals before giving them the good paper.
Standards: Objectives: To teach students how to work with mosaic pieces. To give students more practice in drawing animals. Sunshine state standard-Visual Art (Skills and Techniques) 1.1- the student understands and applies media, techniques, and processes. SSS-Visual Art (Creation and Communication) 1.2- The student creates and communicates a range of subject matter, symbols, and ideas using knowledge of structures and functions of visual arts.

Activity 25: Junk Art (back to top)

Age: Grades K - 3
Activity: Tell the students it is Junk Art Day and they can make anything they WANT, like a submarine, or a car, guitar, etc. Provide them with glue (teacher does hot gluing) crayons, markers, scissors, etc.
Materials:Construction paper, paper towel roles, sticky paper, straws, plastic jar lids, paper plates, foam tubing, wallpaper book pages, cardboard, ribbon, string, (not needed but cool: puzzle pieces), and left over art scraps, etc.
Preparations/Safety Precautions: None
Standards: Sunshine state standard-Visual Art (Skills and Techniques) 1.1- the student understands and applies media, techniques, and processes. SSS-Visual Art (Creation and Communication) 1.2- The student creates and communicates a range of subject matter, symbols, and ideas using knowledge of structures and functions of visual arts.

Activity 26: Animal Adventure (back to top)

Age: Kindergarten
Activity: We will read Aesop’s Fables: The Hare and the Tortoise. After reading the book we will discuss book, highlighting the illustrations from Rooster’s off to see the World. Explain making of the animal to children, provide cautions (over use of glue, etc) Students will then pick a pattern and they will be asked to gather various colors of construction paper. Students will tear pieces to form an animal as to show the illustrations in the book. Students will continue to add layers using other types of media if desired. Students will clean up their area. Students will discuss their artworks and review terms. Students will take short oral quiz over terms.
Materials: Construction papers in various colors, scissors, glue, markers, crayons, tissue paper, magazines, animal patterns
Preparations/Safety Precautions: 1 hour (20 minutes for discussion; 20 minutes for project; 20 minutes for clean-up, discussion, and oral quiz over vocabulary terms.) Allow students to share personal stories. Discuss ways in which art, and reading are linked together. Demonstrate the making of the animal, how to tear construction pieces; define vocabulary terms; provide cautions; show examples of completed project. Visuals: refer to visuals used as motivation.
Standards: Students will create their own animal using construction paper and other media types after hearing and seeing the illustrations from the following books: Roosters Off to See the World by Eric Carle, Aesop's Fables: The Hare and the Tortoise, and Aesop's Fables, after which they will display their work.
Sunshine state standard-Language Arts (Writing) 1.1- the student uses writing processes effectively. SSS Language Arts (Writing) 1.2-The student writes to communicate ideas and information effectively Sunshine state standard-Visual Art (Skills and Techniques) 1.1- the student understands and applies media, techniques, and processes. SSS-Visual Art (Creation and Communication) 1.2- The student creates and communicates a range of subject matter, symbols, and ideas using knowledge of structures and functions of visual arts.

Activity 27: Fireworks Art (back to top)

Age: Preschool
Activity: Have the students randomly put glue onto the black paper. Allow the students to choose glitter and place it onto the glue at placing of their choice. Older students can really use their creativity with this and make flags or other patriotic symbols in the "sky."
Materials: Black construction paper, glue, and various colors of glitter.
Preparations/Safety Precautions: None
Standards: Sunshine state standard-Visual Art (Skills and Techniques) 1.1- the student understands and applies media, techniques, and processes. SSS-Visual Art (Creation and Communication) 1.2- The student creates and communicates a range of subject matter, symbols, and ideas using knowledge of structures and functions of visual arts.

Activity 28: Another Version of Class Puzzle (back to top)

Age: K - Grade 6
Activity: Cut the letters into the same number of pieces as you have class members. On the back of each puzzle piece write the letter from which it came and a small arrow indicating which way is up. For example: GRADE THREE would have each letter divided into 3 parts so that a class of 30 including the teacher could have a piece. Have students decorate their puzzle piece with things about themselves: name, hobbies, favorite food, number of people in family, pets, favorite color, favorite subject, etc. When the puzzle pieces are finished we have a "talking time" to tell the class about our piece and the teacher adds it to the bulletin board. Any blank pieces can be put up and taken down for new arrivals to complex.
Materials: Construction letters, puzzle piece with things about themselves
Preparations/Safety Precautions: Prepare large letters for your bulletin board that spell out your grade.
Standards: Sunshine state standard-Language Arts (Writing) 1.1- the student uses writing processes effectively. SSS Language Arts (Writing) 1.2-The student writes to communicate ideas and information effectively Sunshine state standard-Visual Art (Skills and Techniques) 1.1- the student understands and applies media, techniques, and processes. SSS-Visual Art (Creation and Communication) 1.2- The student creates and communicates a range of subject matter, symbols, and ideas using knowledge of structures and functions of visual arts.

Activity 29: "Texture Quilt" (back to top)

Age: K - Grade 5
Activity: One group will come up and choose wallpaper. Use the template to trace a square on the back of the wallpaper with the marker. Cut out the square. Put the leftovers that are large enough to make another square back in the box. Throw away the smaller pieces. Another group will choose construction paper squares and get paper with marked squares for the rubbings. Choose one texture board to make a rubbing. When you finish with that board, swap it for another. When the first group completes the wallpaper squares, they may choose the construction paper and do the rubbings. The other group will choose wallpaper when they are finished. When all squares are chosen and completed, each student arranges the squares into a quilt pattern and glued onto a large sheet of construction paper.
Materials: 12”x 18” colored construction paper, 6”x 6” colored construction paper, 3”x 3” colored construction paper, white bond paper with 3”x 3” outlined squares for rubbings, crayons, texture boards, wallpaper, 3”x 3” templates, fine line black markers, scissors, glue, heart templates to fit 3”x 3” squares,
Preparations/Safety Precautions: It is very important to use proper gluing technique - a thin line around the edges and especially into the corners - to get the squares to lay flat. Cutout hearts or other shapes may be added to the quilt. "Stitch" marks may be added with the markers.
Standards: Sunshine state standard-Visual Art (Skills and Techniques) 1.1- the student understands and applies media, techniques, and processes. SSS-Visual Art (Creation and Communication) 1.2- The student creates and communicates a range of subject matter, symbols, and ideas using knowledge of structures and functions of visual arts.

Activity 30: Architecture: "Cityscape Mural" (back to top)

Age: K-5
Activity: After you create your building as the student to bring you the art so that you can write their name on it and glue it to the mural. You can then use your scraps to make something extra for the city such as a car or airplane, person or animal, flower or tree, stop sign or traffic signal, etc. Glue these extra things up after all the buildings have been glued to the mural. Each student chooses three contrasting colors of construction paper (9"x 12" for building and 6"x 9" and 3"x 12" for roof, windows, doors, etc.). As an example: Cut larger sheet approximately in half vertically. Stack them to make a tall building. Cut off a section to shorten it or to add a single story section or to stack for an even taller building. Glue sections together. Use smaller contrasting piece to cut various shapes for roof, windows, doors, etc. Glue to building. Any shape or type of building can be created. Buildings should not be just a rectangle shape. You can label your building as a bank or school or whatever you choose. While students are creating their buildings, you should attach roll paper to wall or bulletin board and draws streets, roads, overlapping hills, a sun, clouds, etc. With instructor help, the students put glue on back of buildings and place on roll paper. Scraps can be used to make trees, cars, people, etc. Details may be added with markers.
Materials: 6'- 8' of roll paper (any color), 9"x 12" and 6"x 9" and 3"x 12" construction paper (assorted colors), scraps, scissors, glue, black marker or crayon (optional)
Preparations/Safety Precautions: Review and discuss murals. Ask what we call a person who designs buildings. An architect is an artist who designs buildings. Today each of you will be an architect. You are commissioned to design one building for the new city of "(use teacher’s name as part of a city name)".
Standards: Students will review murals, develop cutting and gluing skills, learn that an architect is an artist who designs buildings, use simple shapes to create architecture, use contrasting colors, cooperate in creating a class mural. Sunshine state standard-Visual Art (Skills and Techniques) 1.1- the student understands and applies media, techniques, and processes. SSS-Visual Art (Creation and Communication) 1.2- The student creates and communicates a range of subject matter, symbols, and ideas using knowledge of structures and functions of visual arts.